Waist

Waist ( French taille = (" body ) section, stature, to: tailler = ( zer) cut") usually referred to the narrowest part of the neighborhood of Frankfurt between hip and chest torso. According to the dictionary it also describes the waistline more or less close-fitting, waist bedeckender part of clothing and veraltend the bodice. The waist occurs zootomisch on both insects, where it lies between the thorax and abdomen, as well as in most vertebrates, where it is located between the chest and hip.

Etymology

Waist for the ' narrowest part of the body between the chest and waist belt area ', is a historical name given to an application submitted by the 15th century to the French Revolution of the royal exchequer in France tax (see Waist ( control ) ) and found center of the 18th century in two uses transfer from the same major French taille, which was ( especially women ) borrowed in mid- 17th century in which today no longer the usual sense ' size, shape, form, growth, stature '. In German, had the end of the 18th century the importance of ' close-fitting bodice, corset ' developed. Old Fr. French taille ' cutting, cut, shape, form, growth, cutting, notching wood, tax ' (also ' upper body, belt area ') is to Old Fr verbal noun. taillier, French tailler ' ( zer) cut, dismantle, cut ' from spätlat. tāliāre ' split, cut ', a derivative of Latin Talea ' sticks, Seedling, each truncated rod-shaped pieces'

Ideal of beauty

In humans, the waist is in women about 2-3 cm above the navel, in men, the situation is somewhat variable and may be above but also lie below the navel; the waist tends to be narrower pronounced in women than in men. In obese people meets the definition of " narrowest part of your torso ," not to; because a pronounced waistline but is often regarded as the ideal of beauty, many people strive to obesity to reduce their waist circumference to achieve such a waist. The waist -to-hip ratio is a measure that relates the waist circumference in a relationship with the hip measurement. As health optimal values ​​of less than 1.0 in men and 0.85 in women are considered. In this case, values ​​are 0.7 and below in women independent of culture as particularly attractive. In men, this value is about 0.9. Particularly small waists are also called wasp waist ( waist ). In order to achieve this corsets were used primarily in the 18th and 19th centuries. Waist circumference is an important Kleidungsmaß, measured at normal breathing, upright posture and relaxed abdomen.